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Sage Elsesser

{{short description|American skateboarder, rapper (b. 1997)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Navy Blue

| image = Navy Blue performing 12.7.21.png

| caption = Elsesser performing in 2021

| birth_name = Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser

| alias = {{hlist|Navy Blue|Ancestors}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|01|31}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://i-d.co/article/skipping-class-with-skateboarding-wunderkind-sage-elsesser/|title=skipping class with skateboarding wunderkind sage elsesser|last=Sokol|first=Zach|date=2017-02-13|website=I-D|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-21}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Skateboarder
  • rapper
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • visual artist
  • model

}}

| years_active = 2014–present

| origin = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/navy-blue-gangway-for-navy/amp/|title=Gangway for Navy | Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| label = {{hlist|Freedom Sounds|Def Jam (former)}}

| website =

| module = {{Infobox sportsperson

| child = yes

|country = United States

|sport = Skateboarding

|event = Street skateboarding

|turnedpro = 2014 (age 17)

}}

}}

Sage Gabriel Carlos Atreyu Elsesser{{cite web|url=https://quartersnacks.com/2017/02/an-interview-with-sage-elsesser|title=An Interview with Sage Elsesser By Earl Sweatshirt|date=February 10, 2017|website=Quartersnacks}} (born January 31, 1997), also known as Navy Blue, is an American skateboarder, rapper, record producer, visual artist, and model.{{Cite web|url=https://skateparkoftampa.com/skater/6396/Sage_Elsesser|title=Sage Elsesser Skateboarder Profile|website=SPoT Skate Shop at Skatepark of Tampa|access-date=2019-06-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/sage-elsesser-interview-stylish-skater-turned-supreme-model|title=Meet the Stylish Supreme Model Who Had Nothing to Do with That Frank Ocean Song|website=GQ|date=22 February 2017|language=en|access-date=2019-06-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.com/article/10862077/introducing-supreme-fa-team-rider-sage-elsesser|title=Introducing Supreme/FA team rider Sage Elsesser|website=X Games|access-date=2019-06-21}}

Elsesser has been sponsored by several skater fashion brands including Converse and Supreme, as well as becoming a professional skater in 2014 through skater collective and clothing store Fucking Awesome. Aside from skating and music, he is also a model for various clothing brands and an artist, most notably handling the art direction for Earl Sweatshirt's album I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-dont-like-shit-i-dont-go-outside-mw0002837117/credits|title = I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt | Credits | AllMusic|website = AllMusic}}

Musical career

=2015-19=

In 2015, Elsesser began releasing several EPs under his Navy Blue stage name, in addition to rapping with and producing for the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, Armand Hammer and Wiki, among many others.

=2020-2021: Label founding and first three albums=

On February 4, 2020, he founded independent record label Freedom Sounds with the release of his debut studio album Àdá Irin. Elsesser later followed-up with two studio albums; Song of Sage: Post Panic! (2020), and Navy's Reprise (2021).

=2022: Quadrilogy=

In 2022, Elsesser released a Saga of Sage quadrilogy vinyl boxset which consisted of Song of Sage: Post Panic!, Gift of Gabriel: Rain’s Reign!, Crypt of Carlos: Onward! and Arc of Atreyu: Neverending!, with the latter three being set to only exist in their physical form. The album titles all include one of Elsesser's four names.

=2023-24: Signing to Def Jam, ''Ways of Knowing'' and ''Memoirs in Armour''=

In 2023, Elsesser signed with Def Jam Recordings and released his lead single "Chosen" on March 10. On March 23, Elsesser's seventh studio album Ways of Knowing was released under his label Freedom Sounds, under exclusive license to Def Jam Recordings. The album featured guest appearances from Zeroh, J Rocc, Kelly Moonstone, Liv.e and Venna; and was fully produced by Budgie.

A year later, Navy Blue released his eighth album Memoirs in Armour on August 2. The project was recorded within the last two months prior to release, after being dropped from Def Jam.{{cite magazine |last1=Ihaza |first1=Jeff |title=Navy Blue Got Dropped From Def Jam. His Response: A Great Independent Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/navy-blue-new-album-memoirs-in-armour-independent-1235076927/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=22 August 2024}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

  • Àdá Irin (2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2072401/stream-navy-blues-new-album-ada-irin/music/album-stream/|title=Navy Blue Releases Debut Album 'Ada Irin': Stream|date=February 4, 2020|author=Tom Breihan|website=Stereogum|access-date=February 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204225110/https://www.stereogum.com/2072401/stream-navy-blues-new-album-ada-irin/music/album-stream/|archive-date=February 4, 2020}}
  • Song of Sage: Post Panic! (2020){{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/navy-blue-song-of-sage-post-panic/amp/|title=Song of Sage: Post Panic! | Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork}}
  • Navy's Reprise (2021)
  • Gift of Gabriel: Rain’s Reign! (2022)
  • Crypt of Carlos: Onward! (2022)
  • Arc of Atreyu: Neverending! (2022)
  • Ways of Knowing (2023)
  • Memoirs in Armour (2024){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/navy-blue-announces-memoirs-in-armour-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/|title=Navy Blue Announces Memoirs in Armour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch|website=Pitchfork|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=July 26, 2024|access-date=August 1, 2024}}

=Extended plays=

  • According to the Waterbearer (2015){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/according-to-navy-blue|title=Navy Blue / According to the Waterbearer}}
  • Lately (2016){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/lately|title = Lately}}
  • April Blue (2017){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/april-blue|title=April blue}}
  • Soul Golden (2017){{Cite web|url=https://blackxnoise.bandcamp.com/album/black-noi-e-navy-blue-soul-golden|title=Black Noi$e & Navy Blue - Soul Golden, by Black Noi$e}} {{small|(with Black Noi$e)}}
  • Guilt & Sincerity (2017){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/guilt-sincerity|title = Guilt & sincerity}}
  • Navy in Rage (2017){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/navy-in-rage|title = Navy in rage}}
  • Yvan Wen (2018){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/yvan-wen|title = Yvan wen}}
  • Forest Green (2018){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/forest-green|title = Forest green}}
  • From the Heart... (2018){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/from-the-heart|title = From the heart}}
  • Gangway for Navy (2019){{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/navybluethewaterbearer/sets/gangway-for-navy|title=Gangway for navy}}

=Collaborations=

  • As Above So Below (2021) (with Ankhlejohn)
  • True Sky (2021) (with Akai Solo)

=Singles=

==As lead artist==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles, with year released and album name

! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:18em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Year

! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Album

scope="row" | "Higher Self"

| 2019

| rowspan="1" {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row" | "Simultaneously Bleeding"

| rowspan="2" | 2020

| Àdá Irin

scope="row" | "1491"

| rowspan="1" | Song of Sage: Post Panic!

scope="row" | "Chosen"

| rowspan="2" | 2023

| Ways of Knowing

scope="row" | "Dolla"

| rowspan="1" {{n/a|Non-album single}}

==As featured artist==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles, with year released and album name

! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:18em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Year

! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Album

scope="row" | "The Mint"{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/listen-to-earl-sweatshirts-new-single-the-mint/|title=Earl Sweatshirt Drops "The Mint," Confirms New Album 'Some Rap Songs' [Update]|last=Ross|first=Alex Robert|date=November 20, 2018|work=Noisey|access-date=December 15, 2018}}
(Earl Sweatshirt featuring Navy Blue)

| 2018

| Some Rap Songs

scope="row" | "Clout Dracula"
(Mach-Hommy featuring Navy Blue, YoungQueenz & Tvoy)

| 2019

| {{N/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row" | "North Bridge"
(Preservation featuring Navy Blue)

| 2020

| Eastern Medicine, Western Illness

scope="row" | "Can't Do This Alone"
(Wiki featuring Navy Blue)

| rowspan="2" | 2021

| Half God

scope="row" | "Nobles"
(The Alchemist featuring Earl Sweatshirt & Navy Blue)

| This Thing of Ours

scope="row" | "Make Me Wanna"
(Babeheaven featuring Navy Blue)

| rowspan="2" | 2022

| Sink Into Me

scope="row" | "So Tired You Can't Stop Dreaming"
(Quelle Chris featuring Navy Blue)

| Deathfame

=Guest appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Artist(s)

! scope="col" | Album

scope="row" | "Silky"{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundcloud.com/youngerthug1/silky-ft-navy-blue|title = Silky Ft Navy Blue}}

| rowspan="2" | 2016

| Younger Thug

| I Need to Cop a Tesla

scope="row" | "Interviews"{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2016/09/frank-ocean-blonde-writing-credits-ascap|title=Here's the Song by Song Breakdown of Frank Ocean's 'Blonde' Writing Credits|website=Complex Networks}}

| Frank Ocean

| Blonde

scope="row" | "Jeez"{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundcloud.com/youngerthug1/jeez-ft-navy-blue|title=Jeez Ft Navy Blue}}

| rowspan="3" | 2018

| Younger Thug

| Relax Soundwaves18

scope="row" | "Not Today"{{Cite web|url=https://kingcarter.bandcamp.com/album/prisoner-of-mind|title=PRISONER OF MIND, by King Carter}}

| King Carter, MIKE, Adé Hakim

| Prisoner of Mind

scope="row" | "Like My Mama"{{Cite web|url=https://mikelikesrap.bandcamp.com/album/war-in-my-pen|title = War in my Pen, by MIKE}}

| MIKE

| War in My Pen

scope="row" | "Truth"{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundcloud.com/jjudahh/truth-ft-navy-blue|title = Truth ft. Navy Blue}}

| rowspan="2" | 2019

| Judah

| Called By Name

scope="row" | "Stranger"

| Medhane

| Own Pace

scope="row" | "Face"

| rowspan="10" | 2020

| Ovrkast.

| Try Again

scope="row" | "Soul at War"

| Sideshow

| Farley

scope="row" | "TRS"

| Medhane

| Cold Water

scope="row" | "The Road

| Judah

| Ten West

scope="row" | "Free All Brothers Locked"

| Koncept Jack$on

| Thot Rap: Chapter 2

scope="row" | "Ghost"{{cite tweet|number=1255272403963387905|user=earlxsweat|title=ay man say man Feet of Clay vinyls comin in hot for June 26th in the chinese year of the Rat: 2020. Comes fully loa…|date=28 April 2020}}

| Earl Sweatshirt

| Feet of Clay (Deluxe Edition)

scope="row" | "Clout Dracula (Remix)"

| Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Young Queenz

| Mach's Hard Lemonade

scope="row" | "Always and Forever"

| demahjiae

| And, Such Is Life.

scope="row" | "Surrender"

| Chuck Strangers

| Too Afraid To Dance

scope="row" | "Portrait"{{Cite web|url=https://moormother.bandcamp.com/track/portrait-feat-navy-blue|title = Portrait feat. Navy Blue, by Moor Mother & billy woods}}

| Moor Mother, Billy Woods

| Brass

scope="row" | "AllRight"

| rowspan="4" | 2021

| Fly Anakin

| Anakin & Friends: Episode 1

scope="row" | "No Doubt"

| AKAI SOLO

| True Sky

scope="row" | "Pray With An A"

| Evidence

| Unlearning, Vol. 1

scope="row" | "no sugar"

| Medhane

| Do the Math

scope="row" | "Anchor"

| rowspan="3" | 2022

| Nicholas Craven

| Craven N 3

scope="row" | "Give Thanks (For Life) (feat. Navy Blue)"

| Six Sev

| Give Thanks

scope="row" | "Skeletons"

| Domo Genesis

| Intros, Outros & Interludes

scope="row" | "Portraits"

| rowspan="3" | 2023

| Alexander Spit

| VIGNETTES VOL. 2

scope="row" | "Venision"

| Chuck Strangers

| ''The Boys & Girls

scope="row" | "AAU Tournaments"

| Blockhead, Billy Woods

| The Aux

Production discography

=2017=

;MIKE -

  • "Melvin"

;Tha God Fahim - Dump Gawd{{Cite web|url=https://thagodfahim.bandcamp.com/album/dump-gawd|title=Dump Gawd, by THA GOD FAHIM}}

  • 04. "Samurai's Cup of Tea" {{small|(produced with Black Noi$e)}}

;Mach-Hommy - Dump Gawd: Hommy Edition{{Cite web |url=https://www.mach-hommy.com/collection/dump-gawd-hommy-edition |title=Mach-Hommy |access-date=2019-07-06 |archive-date=2019-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706045128/https://www.mach-hommy.com/collection/dump-gawd-hommy-edition |url-status=dead }}

  • 02. "A Partridge & A Pear Tree" (featuring Tha God Fahim)
  • 08. "Mac Flurries" (featuring Heem Stogied)
  • 11. "Rorshach's" (featuring Tha God Fahim)

;MIKE - May God Bless Your Hustle{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/06/22/mike-may-god-bless-your-hustle-interview/amp|title = MIKE's May God Bless Your Hustle is an Audio-Motion-Picture Capturing Young Adulthood in New York}}

  • 02. "Hunger" {{small|(produced with Austin Williamson)}}
  • 03. "Armour"

;Navy Blue - Navy in Rage

  • 01. "Temple//Tomb"
  • 02. "Angel-Eyes" (featuring Qeedar)
  • 03. "Sundown"
  • 04. "Life----Line"

;Mach-Hommy - Fete Des Morts AKA Dia De Los Muertos{{Cite web |url=https://www.mach-hommy.com/collection/fete-des-morts-aka-dia-de-los-muertos-1 |title=Mach-Hommy |access-date=2019-07-06 |archive-date=2019-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706045127/https://www.mach-hommy.com/collection/fete-des-morts-aka-dia-de-los-muertos-1 |url-status=dead }}

  • 03. "Embarrassment of Riches"

;Cities Aviv -

  • "If I Could Hold Your Soul Part II"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kVhV9JOjA|title = Cities Aviv - IF I COULD HOLD YOUR SOUL Part II (Prod. By navy blue)|website = YouTube| date=January 7, 2022 }}

=2018=

;Navy Blue - Yvan Wen

  • 01 "Head Full of Braids..."
  • 02. "No More..."
  • 03. "Detroit..." (featuring Nyku)
  • 04. "Give Em Hell..."

;Navy Blue - Forest Green

  • 01. "Eastbound"
  • 02. "War(mth)"
  • 03. "All We Know!" (featuring Adé Hakim)

;Navy Blue - From the Heart...

  • 01. "Machete"
  • 02. "Enchantment" (featuring MIKE)
  • 03. "Never Thought I'd Be One to Cry Like This"
  • 04. "Prayer (Me&You)"
  • 05. "Give Love a Try!"
  • 06. "Loveship (Empathy)"
  • 08. "Green & Brown"

;Pink Siifu - Ensley{{Cite web|url=https://ronee.bandcamp.com/album/ensley-2|title = Ensley, by Pink Siifu}}

  • 11. "Stay Sane"

;Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs{{cite AV media notes|title=Some Rap Songs|others=Earl Sweatshirt|year=2018|type=booklet|publisher=Columbia Records|id=B07KKFK5H6}}

  • 08. "The Bends"
  • 10. "Azucar"

=2019=

;Navy Blue - Gangway for Navy

  • 01. "Apprehension"
  • 02. "Deathmask..."
  • 03. "Can't Take Me"
  • 04. "Shine on Me!" (featuring MIKE)
  • 05. "I Love You!"
  • 06. "Slow Down"
  • 07. "Carlos" (featuring MIKE)
  • 08. "Separate Ways!"

;MIKE - Tears of Joy{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mike-tears-of-joy/amp/|title=Tears of Joy | Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork}}

  • 20. "Stargazer Pt. 3"

=2020=

;Camden Malik - Spaceship Symphonies{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/35SA7O2mn75yZowQ72BCOi|title=Spaceship Symphonies|website=Spotify|date=14 February 2020}}

  • 04. "Give Me a Call" (featuring Shawn May as "juneayth.")

;Armand Hammer - Shrines{{Cite web|url=https://mailchi.mp/backwoodzstudioz/shrines-preorders-shrapknel-flechette|title = Pre-Order Armand Hammer's SHRINES now & check out ShrapKnel's Flechette}}

;Moor Mother & Billy Woods - Brass

  • 11. "Guinness"

=2021=

;Wiki - Half God{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/wiki-announces-new-album-produced-by-navy-blue-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/|title = Wiki Announces New Album Produced by Navy Blue, Shares Video for New Song|website = Pitchfork|date = 31 August 2021}}

  • 01. "Not Today (Intro)"
  • 02. "Roof"
  • 03. "Remarkably"
  • 04. "Can't Do This Alone" (featuring Navy Blue)
  • 05. "Never Fall Off"
  • 06. "Drug Supplier" (featuring Jesse James Solomon)
  • 07. "Wik tha God"
  • 08. "Ego Death"
  • 09. "The Business"
  • 10. "Home"
  • 11. "All I Need" (featuring Earl Sweatshirt)
  • 12. "Gas Face" (featuring Remy Banks)
  • 13. "The Promised" (featuring MIKE)
  • 14. "New Truths"
  • 15. "Still Here" (featuring duendita)
  • 16. "Grape Soda"

=2022=

;Earl Sweatshirt - Sick!

  • 03. "Sick!" {{small|(credited as "Ancestors")}}

;Shane Eagle - Green

  • 03. "Moving Spirit"

References

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External links

  • [https://i-d.co/article/earl-sweatshirt-sage-elsesser-interview/ Earl Sweatshirt and Sage Elsesser reflect on two decades of friendship - i.D - 08.12.2022]

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